. Railway and Locomotive Engineering . other mamilacturers combined. Allkinds of tank fixtures, besides specialappliances peculiar to individual rail-roads are made by the company. Inthis connection steel towers for sup-porting tanks, and water columns andstand pipes are too well known to re-quire any extended notice. The samemay be said of their switch stands,semaphore signals and semaphoreswitch This latter line of ap-pliances was added only a few yearsago, but is already meeting withmarked success. The material andworkmanship are excellent. the troubles incident to the use of ironc
. Railway and Locomotive Engineering . other mamilacturers combined. Allkinds of tank fixtures, besides specialappliances peculiar to individual rail-roads are made by the company. Inthis connection steel towers for sup-porting tanks, and water columns andstand pipes are too well known to re-quire any extended notice. The samemay be said of their switch stands,semaphore signals and semaphoreswitch This latter line of ap-pliances was added only a few yearsago, but is already meeting withmarked success. The material andworkmanship are excellent. the troubles incident to the use of ironcocks or blow-ofT lines of the plug stick-ing. The wrench is on the small end ofthese plugs, and the spring takes up allwear of the plug. The stiffness is en-tirely relieved. Besides these are a fullline of valves and fittings for the locomo-tive, all of much importance to rail-way men. United States Metallic PackingCompany. The United States Metallic PackingCompany, of Philadelphia, Pa., havelargely increased their number of articles. equipped with self-oiling wheels andbearings, insuring easy running andlong life. The nose piece and side barsare forged in one piece of open hearthsteel, thereby forming one solid are no welds to break and nobolts to contend with. The cross barsare hung over the sides of the truckframe and are strongly riveted to theframe. The ends of the truck frameare forged into pockets to receive thewooden handles, which are preferable,as they overcome the vibration. Thetruck weighs less than a wooden wheels and bearings are made fromopen hearth machine steel and journalsare carefully turned to size. The trucksare made in a variety of forms to suitevery conceivable purpose. ZAST AISLK, M.\NUF.\CTURERS EXHIBIT. Crane Company. The Crane Company, Chicago, 111.,show a working Cranetilt trap exhibit,comprising a boiler, an open tank. Crane-tilt direct return trap, Cranetilt liftingtrap and a non-return trap. The boileroperates with
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